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All You Need To Know About Flu Shots
Duane Reade, Super Stop and Shop among places to get this season's immunization
Though the cold and flu season has gotten off to a slow start, health officials still urge everyone — especially the very old, very young and those with compromised immune systems — to get this season's flu jab.
Unlike last flu season, when you needed to get two vaccines, the 2009 H1N1 and the seasonal vaccine, this flu season you only need the seasonal vaccine, according to health officials.
Here's a list of locations, with cost and insurance coverage information, for flu vaccines in the Little Neck area:
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Location Cost Insurance Duane Reade 249-46 Horace Harding Expy., Little Neck $29.99 Medicare; Medicaid Super Stop & Shop 65 Shore Road, Port Washington $30 Medicare; Medicaid Women's Health & Wellness 55-15 Little Neck Pkwy., Little Neck N/A Most insurance plans
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, vaccination is the best protection against contracting the flu.
For more information on vaccinations, visit www.flu.gov.
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